One fake map looks like an official one from John Hopkins University, according to one report. Earlier this week, researchers at Reason Labs released a report that found bad actors have used the ...

Dating app users aren't the only ones to face "catfishing." Sadly, it's far too easy to get duped online. While Google is putting the hammer down on fake Google Maps listings, it's important to know ...

The service will now restrict reviews on places that post fakes, and warn users about such behavior. The service will now restrict reviews on places that post fakes, and warn users about such behavior ...

Google is going after businesses that try to cheat the system with fake five-star reviews. In its recent report, Google said it has trained Gemini to detect businesses that try to cheat the system by ...

Google says it uncovered thousands of illegitimate listings, including for fake businesses, on Google Maps and has announced a lawsuit against the alleged scammers behind the fraud. The lawsuit, ...

After failing to get Google's attention about alleged security weaknesses on location listings added to Google Maps, an engineer created his own fake listings on the service that recorded calls made ...